Yeah,what he said.

 

Would you happen to have any basis for this statement??? Please share it with everyone else...

Ben T.

 

Well for one,I find it hard to believe a late model fuel injected motor would be so carboned up to warrant risking spraying H2O into it.If you want to clean it,GM sells top end cleaner.

 

Oh, the irony!

Ben T.

 

Yes they do And I have used it in my LT1 and in some LS1's with nothing but good results. But I have seen the water thing work. But I woud still think twice about using it, since we have all of these other good things to use instead ie, seafoan, GM T.E.C.

 

just seafoam it, i wouldnt personally risk the smalliest chance of hydrolock.

Or contaminating my oil.

 

OK Ben I thought about it some more, and you're right water may clean some carbon out of there cause once it goes in your intake it's gonna get vaporized, heated up, and to a degree it will clean some of it off there. I figure you're smart enough not to pour a gallon of water into your MAF and hydrolock your motor. But why not just use the SeaFoam? It's like $5 for a bottle and if you use the whole bottle as a top end cleaner it's probably overkill anyway. Any special reason you're thinking of using water?

Abe

 

Well, originally, I had some high RPM noise that sounds like pinging, but I'm getting full spark. I had JUST changed my oil and I was hesitant to put TEC or seafoam in the motor as to contaminate my oil, but I wanted the noise gone. So I was first thinking water, but the water too could contaminate my oil (blow by).

You think 1 bottle would be overkill? Interesting! I want it CLEAN when I'm done so this is good to hear.

I'm hesitant to put the TEC/Seafoam in my engine's lubrication system as I don't know what it will do to my seals. I don't want to develope any new oil leaks nor do I want to dislodge anything that may plug up my pick-up screen.

Anyone have any thoughts on this topic (seafoam in the oil)?

Ben T.

 

Sounds like you may want to pull a plug and check it if you haven't already. I know SeaFoam says you can add it to your oil, I don't remember whether you leave it in or change immediately after doing that, but I would NOT use it for that. Plenty of good companies make products which you can add to your oil specifically for conditioning seals, reducing noise, etc. I would stick with one of those.

I know you'll be dissappointed Ben, but I don't really have a good reason for that. SeaFoam does a good job of decarbonizing an engine, I would just be hesitant to add it to my oil, for however short a period of time. Pretty much the same reservations you have, what if it dislodges a piece of carbon that's plugging up a leaky seal? What if it kills your motor when all that gunk clogs your oil pick up? I've seen it happen at a shop I used to work at. We changed the oil on a car, the rear main seal started pissing oil because the sludge we drained out had been the only thing holding the engine seals and bearings together.

How many miles do you have on your car?

Abe

 

If ya are using unlead and not burning oil ya have NO CARBON buildup.
Ya can use water with no problems if ya don't dump a gallon in it at a time and ya have to keep the engine reved to 2000 or more.
I have used it back when there was no unlead and cars would get very hard to start(Buick,Cadillac,Olds) from the carbon (like timing was to high) They would spit chunks of carbon out the pipe.
EFI engine will be hard to get it to all cyls,unlike a carb.